Short on money and staff, Rick Santorum needs help to remain a viable threat to front-runner Mitt Romney in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. One strategist hopes it will come from another rival, Newt Gingrich.

Top adviser John Brabender says Santorum's future may depend upon Gingrich leaving the race. The former House speaker is showing no signs of bowing out, certainly not before next week's Super Tuesday voting.

“We have two fine candidates who aren’t visionaries,” he said of both Romney and Santorum. “One of them runs around saying he’s a manager. And the other goes around saying he’s essentially a very fine traditional big-government union conservative, who voted against right-to-work, and voted for every single minimum-wage increase the unions wanted. But neither of them offers bold changes.”

->>If we could ever make this where we have all the conservatives and tea party supporters behind us as one candidate against Mitt Romney, we'll win the nomination,” Brabender said Wednesday

Not going to happen. Newt's supporters are inspired by Newt's strong message of reforms to solutions. Ricky was used for awhile to divide the votes (he never saw it coming or either got caught in the, “I might could win” scenario). Newt's turn to stop Romney.

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posted on 03/01/2012 1:49:11 AM PST
by Christie at the beach
(I like Newt and would love to see political dead bodies on the floor.)

The MSM is trying to give Santorum a boost with this column (it’s hitting all the outlets right now). They’re hoping to put pressure on Newt and begin a chorus for him to quit. It is an amazingly long, positive AP story about Santorum and his campaign — but the headline is the story the AP wants read.

Newt let Santorum have his Romney rumble in Michigan (too bad he spent his money there and is now scrambling). Newt has been focusing his resources on the South. It is hardly honorable to ask him to back down. It really shows Santorum’s weakness going into right to work territory.

If Rick goes head to head with bambi, Axelrod/Soros and the RAT media will have him painted up like the Church Lady peddling bibles door to door. It will be a slaughter. Guaranteed. Trust me on this.
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posted on 03/01/2012 2:06:10 AM PST
by Blado
(Obama's brain is a coprolite from the Late Soviet Era)

I think, even after freaky cult member and future god of his own little planet, Willard Romney tries to buy the Washington caucus with a million or so, Rick squeaks by with a 4-5 point win there with enough of those Reagan Dems playing a roll on Sat and then ...

Rick goes on to a super Super Tuesday winning in Alaska, N. Dakota, Tennessee, Ohio, and Oklahoma with some Reagan Dem help.

And pretty strong seconds for Rick in Georgia (to Newt***) and in the three Willard states of Mormon Idaho, Socialist Vermont, and Taxachusetts.

Its a shame about Virginia though with the establishment blocking Rick and Newt from the ballot.

***I concede that Newt will win Georgia with the state establishments backing there.

But he wont win by enough to stay relevant nationally, imho.

Without the conservative vote split, RICK “The Working Man’s Friend” Santorum has an excellent chance to be OUR nominee in Tampa. Woo hoo!

They sure will. Matt Lauder began it the day before yesterday. It will not work because Newt’s supporters are energized. Palin will be on Greta tonight. It will be very interesting in what she will say about the race and the candidates. This past weekend, when she was on the Palin radio on the web; she told the candidates to take on the establishment/to change things with bold solutions. She also said to her base (”Don’t worry, I have your back!”)

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posted on 03/01/2012 2:19:07 AM PST
by Christie at the beach
(I like Newt and would love to see political dead bodies on the floor.)

No one raised more funds than Santorum in February. And I really doubt that Newt funders and staff will desert conservatism by becoming Willard funders and staff in March (and going forward) when Newt drops out to endorse Santorum.

Something strange happened...last night I caught the end of talk radio’s Dennis Miller show and the current guest was S.E. Cupp. I was on a brief work break and only heard a snippet, but she said that, although she is an
ATHIEST, she just loves Santorum.

Miller was using that as his “hook” to interest the listener, but I don’t know how she expanded on that as I had to leave it.

Don’t know who Miller supports, but that struck me as odd.

Oh, anything is possible in this curiouser and curiouser world...an athiest for Santorum, sure...but the point is she was giddy over Santorum while many people are knocking him for going overboard on the religion and social issues, and she’s an announced athiest.

Looks like she and Miller were trying to blunt that as an issue that some have against Santorum...the “he’s a religious zealot trying to run your life” kind of meme

She was on there to say, don’t worry, I don’t even believe in God and I’m crazy about Rick.

If we do get another four years of Hussein, LL, it won’t be because of anything that Rick Santorum did.

It’ll be due to the stupid entitlement minded drones who drink the Obama kool-aid and MSM propaganda once again and vote for him..
And an out of touch GOP-E who tries to foist a lying, flip flopping Rino from Massachusetts on us and pretend that he’s a viable Conservative.

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posted on 03/01/2012 7:16:31 AM PST
by Mountain Mary
("This is OUR country and WE will decide"... Mark Levin)

It might seem ham-handed to us, but to them it was a great talk show schtick to entice listeners...WHAT? A conservative atheist?? WHAT?? A conservative atheist who just loves Rick Santorum?? (And a woman, too!).

They both loved pushing that “atheist who loves Rick” angle. Like they believed they knew exactly what they were doing.

As you suggested, it seems political...to show that Rick has no political problems...why, the brilliant commentator, conservative, woman, atheist S.E. Cupp just loves him.

I think it seems odd to ordinary folks like us, though...

(I’ve been on the Breitbart suddenly passes away of natural causes thread. I’m still in SHOCK.)

If it happens, it’s a matter of opinion as to whether Santorum played a part.

Yours is that he has played no part.

Mine is that he has played a part.

The candidate with the most juice to deal with Obama is Newt Gingrich. IF you watch him, hear him, read him, consider his experience and dead on knowledge of history and his incredible ability to communicate AMERICA, he has no peer among those still standing.

Those are facts.

People are free to downplay him or dump on him or ignore him, for his mistakes and “baggage”, but they can’t hide that truth that he brings the most to the battle.

Neither Mitt nor Rick even belong in the same category with him.

But if there were no Santorum and if it were Newt vs Romney with ALL opposed to Mitt being united behind Newt, Newt would defeat Romney and be best prepared to fight Obama and the Democrat, Saul Alinsky Left.

Santorum had the right to run, same as Newt. I’m not arguing that. But decisions have consequences.

He has a big following now, but he has problems, and he has never had the juice Newt Gingrich has. Very few mortals do.

Romney, meanwhile, took down Newt with bazillions in nasty, false ads in FL, after Newt had won a smashing victory in SC. That was real lucky for Rick, who swept right into that void. (On the other hand, Perry dropped out and both he and Cain endorsed Newt Gingrich.)

All of these things have all but removed the best we have from center stage.

“I suggest he and Santorum team up and do whatever is necessary to defeat Romney.”

I see no “TEAM” in Gingrich/Santorum period. I don’t personally wish to see Santorum anywhere near the WH unless destiny makes it so.

This country needs the only person currently running for POTUS with the leadership ability at this time in the precarious history of this Nation that can bulldoze the buildup of solidified deposits of Marxism from the halls of this Constitutional Republic, and make it work as intended once again.

Only Newt.

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posted on 03/01/2012 8:57:26 AM PST
by rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)

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